The RNC wants to host its convention earlier and choose its presidential nominee earlier, largely to prevent infighting from hurting the White House campaign and it all has a big impact in New Hampshire.

You may recall the scheduling mess from 2012. Florida and Nevada tried jumping ahead in the calendar and New Hampshire’s secretary of state threatened a Christmas-time primary. In the end, New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary was in the beginning of January. In theory this plan would avoid all that and more.

"We’re no longer going to sit around and allow ourselves to slice and dice for six months," said Reince Priebus, RNC chairman.

The party set the plan in stone at its winter meeting in Washington, DC, a plan with stiff penalties for states trying to move up on the calendar they could lose nearly all their delegates.

"We’ll start in February in the four carved out states. Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina," said Sean Spicer, RNC Communications Director.

“We’ve amended the rules to give New Hampshire and the other three carve-out states the best protection we’ve ever had since the creation of the modern presidential primary in 1952,” saidSteve Duprey.

Duprey, a RNC committee member from New Hampshire, calls this a tremendous victory for the Granite State.

“This primary is going to protect the month of February to make sure New Hampshire doesn’t have to move its primary up,” Duprey said.

Duprey added; “It give the lesser the known, lesser well-funded candidates a month between Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada to light the fuse. Light a spark and get a movement going.”

The New Hampshire Secretary of State’s office said the important thing is keeping New Hampshire first and if they can move it back from the first of the year away from the holiday season, that's a good thing.

The chair on New Hampshire’s Democratic Party said the Democrats applaud the RNCs plan saying, "Both the RNC and DNC now have substantial protections for the four early states. We in New Hampshire are united in expressing our appreciation."

BOYFRIEND ABUSE THE CHILD. HE IS ALSO CHARGED. THE CHILD IS PRESUMED DEAD BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. MARK YOUR CALENDARS, IF ALL GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN APPROVED BY THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, NEW HAMPSHIRE'S PRIMARY SHOULD BE IN FEBRUARY OF 2016, MAINTAINING OUR FIRST IN THE NATION STATUS. THE R. N. C. WANTS TO HOST ITS CONVENTION EARLIER AND CHOOSE ITS PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE EARLIER LARGELY TO PREVENT INFIGHTING FROM HURTING THE WHITE HOUSE CAMPAIGN. OUR JEAN MACKIN JOINS US LIVE NOW TO EXPLAIN ITS IMPACT ON NEW HAMPSHIRE. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT SCHEDULING MESS FROM 2012? FLORIDA AND NEVADA TRYING TO JUMP AHEAD ON THE CALENDAR. NEW HAMPSHIRE'S SECRETARY OF STATE THREATENING A CHRISTMAS TIME PRIMARY. IN THE END OUR FIRST IN THE NATION PRIMARY WAS HELD IN THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY. THIS PLAN WOULD AVOID ALL THAT POLITICAL SCRAMBLING, AND MORE. A HISTORIC DAY FOR OUR PARTY. THE VOTE WAS ALMOST UNANIMOUS. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SHORTENING THE PRIMARY PROCESS AND MOVING ITS NATIONAL CONVENTION TO EARLY SUMMER 2016. BY NAMING A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE SOONER, THE PARTY HOPES TO CUT DOWN ON G.O.P. INFIGHTING. WE WERE NO LONGER GOING TO SIT AROUND AND ALLOW OURSELVES TO SLIGHT AND DICE FOR SIX MONTHS. THE PARTY SET THE PLAN IN STONE AT ITS WINTER MEETING IN WASHINGTON D.C., A PLAN WITH STIFF PENALTIES FOR STATES TRYING TO MOVE UP ON THE CALENDAR, THEY COULD LOSE NEARLY ALL THEIR DELEGATES. WE'LL START IN FEBRUARY WITH THE FOUR CARVEOUT STATES, IOWA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEVADA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. WE AMENDED THE RULES TO GIVE NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE OTHER THREE CARVEOUT STATES THE BEST PROTECTION WE'VE EVER HAD SINCE THE CREATION OF THE MODERN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY IN 1952. STEVE DUPREE, A NEW HAMPSHIRE DELEGATE TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, CALLS THIS A TREMENDOUS VICTORY FOR THE GRANITE STATE. THIS IS GOING TO PROTECT THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY TO MAKE SURE NEW HAMPSHIRE DOESN'T HAVE TO MOVE ITS PRIMARY UP. IT GIVES THE LESSER KNOWN, LESSER WELL FUNDED CANDIDATE A MONTH BETWEEN IOWA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, SOUTH CAROLINA AND NEVADA, TO LIGHT THE FUSE, LIGHT A SPARK AND GET A MOVEMENT GOING. THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE SAYS THE IMPORTANT THING IS KEEPING NEW HAMPSHIRE FIRST, AND IF NAY CAN MOVE IT BACK FROM THE FIRST OF THE YEAR AWAY FROM THE HOLIDAY SEASON, THAT IS A GOOD THING. AND IT SEEMS LIKE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS AGREE. THE CHAIR OF NEW HAMPSHIRE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY SAYS THE DEMOCRATS APPLAUD THE R. N. C.'S PLAN SAYING BOTH THE R. N. C. AND D. N. C. NOW HAVE SUBJECT TANKS PROTECTION FOR THE FOUR EARLY STATES. WE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ARE UNITED IN EXPRESSING OUR APPRECIATION. THE DEMOCRATS MEET NEXT MONTH TO